Lust and Augustine
by Dale M. CoulterFor Augustine, love is the most basic appetite of the soul. Continue Reading »
Common Prayer, or Predictable Politics?
by Carl R. TruemanChristian liturgy—and God himself—have become victims of the abolition of the pre-political. Continue Reading »
Giving Your Testimony
by John WilsonReading Ink, I was taken back to the churches I attended in Pomona, California in the 1950s. Continue Reading »
Learning From Luther
by Carl R. TruemanThe Making of Martin Luther by richard rex princeton, 296 pages, $27.95 1517: Martin Luther and the Invention of the Reformation by peter marshall oxford, 278 pages, $24.95 A World Ablaze: The Rise of Martin Luther and the Birth of the Reformation by craig harline oxford, 312 pages, . . . . Continue Reading »
What Happens in Germany
by Charles J. ChaputThe resolution of the intercommunion question in Germany will have far-reaching consequences in the Church. Continue Reading »
The Theology of Foreign Policy
by Michael DoranOn matters of foreign policy, Americans are divided into two hidden camps. Not Republicans versus Democrats, nor liberals versus conservatives, nor rival schools of foreign policy you read about in college courses. The divide is primarily religious in nature—or perhaps “theological” is the . . . . Continue Reading »
Ecumenical Incorrectness
by Mats WahlbergRoman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformationby kenneth j. collins and jerry l. wallsbaker, 464 pages, $34.99 Controversial theology—so popular during the Reformation—has long been out of vogue in the academy. Ecumenical correctness and norms of scholarly . . . . Continue Reading »
The Migration of Mediation
by Peter J. Leithart“Mutual mediation” is, in fact, what the Reformers meant by “priesthood of believers.” Continue Reading »
Protestants and Contraception
by Evan LenowProtestants are not known for their familiarity with papal encyclicals. We pride ourselves in doing things our own way, often in order to distance ourselves as far from Rome as possible. There is one teaching in particular that most Protestants readily recognize as Catholic, and it is usually . . . . Continue Reading »
Reformation “What Might Have Beens”
by Peter J. LeithartProtestantism will not reach its end until the Reformation’s divisions end. Continue Reading »
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